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From: Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
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Subject: Re: Cost of handling misaligned access
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 18:10:35 -0000 (UTC)
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Anton Ertl <anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> schrieb:

> The OS must also be able to keep both pages in physical memory until
> the access is complete, or there will be no progress.  Should not be a
> problem these days, but the 48 pages or so potentially needed by VAX
> complicated the OS.

48 pages?  What instruction would need that?